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The removal from their rightful owners or from archaeological sites of objects of artistic, historic or cultural value. This includes wartime looting of art and antiquities.

Subcategories

• World War II

Resources in This Category

• Art Theft - Most Wanted Art

  http://www.saztv.com/
  Search for the world's most wanted art.

• Art Theft from Cyprus to Munich

  http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/cyprus/
  Archaeology magazine feature article by Mark Rose on the looting of frescoes, mosaics and icons from churches in Northern Cyprus

• BBC: Stolen Turner Paintings Found

  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2593487.stm
  Two Turner paintings from the Tate galleries' collection, stolen while on display in Germany eight years ago, are found.

• Britain Leads Illicit Trade in Rare Books

  http://www.theguardian.com/uk/2001/jun/10/books.humanities
  The Guardian reports that Britain has become the centre for criminal traffick in ancient manuscripts and historic books.

• CBC Indepth: Art Thefts

  http://www.cbc.ca/arts/features/artthefts/
  Indepth examination of some of the world's most famous artworks that have been stolen, including audio and video links to reports.

• Gang Caught with 200,000 Artefacts

  http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/jul/19/spain.artsandhumanities
  Giles Tremlett reports in the Guardian that Spanish police have captured 100 archaeological robbers in an operation that netted a vast haul of antiques up to 5,000 years old.

• Looting Question Bibliography

  http://wings.buffalo.edu/anthropology/Documents/lootbib.html
  Hugh Jarvis lists Internet and published resources on the archaeological politics of private collecting, commercial treasure hunting, looting.

• NYTimes.com - Thwarting Art Thieves on a Budget

  http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/29/arts/design/29ARTS.html
  Discusses problems of art theft during business hours and how museums and other facilities have responded.

• Price of Age

  http://www.museum-security.org/cranwell/index.html
  An electronic dissertation on the illicit trade of antiquities by Andrew Cranwell.

• Stolen Art

  http://www.stolenart.be/
  This Belgian initiative aims to assist the police in Belgium and elsewhere in the recovery and return of stolen antiques. Register stolen art pieces. Newsletters.

• Stolen Stones: The Modern Sack of Nineveh

  http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/nineveh/index.html
  Looting of Iraqi archaeological sites since the Gulf War. Illustrated feature by John M. Russell in Archaeology includes clickable map of the throne room suite.

• Swiss Recover 10,000 Stolen Antiquities

  http://archive.archaeology.org/online/features/geneva/index.html
  Archaeology magazine feature article by Andrew Slayman on one of the largest recoveries of stolen art treasures.

• The Art Loss Register

  http://www.artloss.com/
  Operates a permanent international database of stolen and missing works of art, antiques and valuables, to assist law enforcement agencies in the battle against art theft.

• The Iraq War and Archaeology

  http://iwa.univie.ac.at/
  Francis Deblauwe gathers articles and information about the impact of the war on the archaeological remains in Iraq, including the losses from looting.

• Your Brush With The Law

  http://www.yourbrushwiththelaw.com/
  Charles Vincent Sabba looks at some famous art crimes, forensic art and the art scene in New York.

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